The difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout
templates

It is vital that the
difference between Text Oriented and Page Layout templates is clear in
your mind.

Text Oriented

The Text Oriented templates are designed to act like page-oriented
word processors. When you select a Text Oriented template, you will
create a template with one or more frames. The first frame is distinctly
tied to the paper size of your document. When you increase or decrease
the paper size or change the margins, the frame size is automatically
adjusted. You are not able to move this frame
around on the page and you cannot delete this frame. If you need to
adjust the size or position of this frame, you must adjust the margins. On top of the first
frame, you can, of course, add additional frames. These frames can
contain pictures, text or whatever you want. These new frames can be
moved, re-sized and deleted to suit your needs. If you want it, KWord
will even wrap the text from the first frame around any information in
any subsequent frames.

Page Layout

These templates are designed for desktop publishing. When you
select a template from this class, all of the frames are created
equal. This is where the difference between Page Layout and Text
Oriented template lies. None of the frames in a Page Layout template are
tied to the page as tightly as the main frame in a Text Oriented
template is. Each of the frames is independent of the page size, and can
be moved or re-sized without changing margins, etc. Of course this also
means that altering the margins or paper size of your document requires
that you individually move/resize each frame.

Note

In addition to not having a main text frame, Page Layout
documents cannot use the automatic headers or footers (though these can be
added in as frames). Additionally, footnotes must be managed by hand while
in Page Layout Mode.

As you can see, the choice between Page Layout and Text Oriented
templates is a choice between flexibility (Page Layout) and convenience
(Text Oriented). You can create any document you like with either type
of template.

If the concept of templates is still unclear, please follow along
with the following tutorial. The first document you create will use a
Page Layout template. This should help clarify exactly how templates
function.